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Thousands start journey home as Yellowknife evacuation order scheduled to lift
YELLOWKNIFE - Thousands of vehicles are expected to travel to Yellowknife in the coming days as a three-week evacuation order is set to lift at noon today. Territorial officials have said the migratio...
Sep 06, 2023

Bassitt goes 8 strong for Jays, who improve playoff positioning in 7-1 win ove Athletics
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Former Athletics ace Chris Bassitt allowed one run in eight strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays took sole possession of the third AL wild card spot with a 7-1 win over Oakl...
Sep 05, 2023

Canadian fighter Serhiy Sidey earns UFC contact with first-round TKO victory
LAS VEGAS - Canadian bantamweight Serhiy Sidey won a UFC contract Tuesday by stopping American Ramon (The Savage) Taveras in the first round on "Dana White's Contender Series." "A dream come true," sa...
Sep 05, 2023

Say cheese: Ohtani body double finds way into Angels' team photo
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - It is next to impossible to replace all that Shohei Ohtani can do when standing on a baseball field, although the Los Angeles Angels did their best for a few minutes Tuesday. Wi...
Sep 05, 2023

Marine veteran Gerry Leonard wins GOP primary in Rhode Island’s congressional special election
Gerry Leonard, a U.S. Marine veteran and political newcomer, has defeated fellow Republican candidate Terri Flynn, a former town council member, to win the GOP primary for Rhode Island's 1st Congressi...
Sep 05, 2023

Ottawa's Dabrowski, partner Routliffe advance to U.S. Open women's doubles semifinals
NEW YORK - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe have advanced to the U.S. Open women's doubles semifinals. The duo outlasted sixth seeds Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and Taylor T...
Sep 05, 2023

Tropical Storm Hilary swirls northward packing deadly rainfall along Mexico's Baja coast
ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary swirled northward Sunday just off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, no longer a hurricane but still carrying so much rain that forecasters ...
Sep 05, 2023

Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico's arid Baja California Peninsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday before moving over Southern California, where it swamped roads an...
Sep 05, 2023

First Thursday Concert, September 7
The Friends of the Red Deer Public Library (Downtown Branch) are pleased to present Mr. Boris Konovalov, pianist, in the Snell Auditorium on Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Progr...
Sep 05, 2023

Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into river swollen by glacial outburst
ANCHORAGE, ALaska (AP) - A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their c...
Sep 05, 2023